Ecclesiastes 10:9

Ecclesiastes chapter 10 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with scriptural context

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

Whoso heweth out stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.

King James Version · 1611

Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.

American Standard Version · 1901

Whoso heweth out stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.

v.8He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.

v.9This passage

v.10If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.